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emperor_n adrian_n 60._o ib._n p._n 60._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d with_o another_o of_o aelius_n spartianus_n where_o he_o say_v of_o the_o same_o prince_n trajani_n per_fw-la sororem_fw-la neptem_fw-la eum_fw-la vxorem_fw-la accepisse_fw-la and_o he_o confirm_v and_o establish_v this_o exposition_n still_o further_o by_o the_o concurrent_a suffrage_n of_o pollux_n hesychius_n and_o moschopulus_n so_o that_o it_o be_v a_o very_a great_a wonder_n to_o i_o how_o haloander_n come_v to_o be_v guilty_a of_o so_o palpable_a a_o mistake_n four_o and_o last_o st._n ambrose_n in_o his_o epistle_n to_o paternus_n so_o often_o appeal_v to_o though_o he_o use_v all_o the_o argument_n he_o can_v possible_o muster_v up_o to_o persuade_v he_o not_o to_o marry_v his_o son_n with_o his_o say_a son_n niece_n by_o his_o sister_n on_o his_o father_n paternus_n his_o side_n a_o case_n in_o which_o the_o bishop_n of_o the_o diocese_n where_o paternus_n live_v and_o who_o be_v first_o consult_v do_v 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and_o pardon_v for_o what_o be_v past_a but_o without_o control_v allow_v and_o practise_v for_o the_o future_a i_o know_v it_o will_v be_v say_v notwithstanding_o the_o case_n of_o the_o daughter_n of_o zelophehad_n that_o such_o marriage_n be_v not_o prohibit_v in_o those_o chapter_n of_o leviticus_n where_o the_o degree_n prohibit_v be_v set_v down_o but_o first_o i_o say_v this_o be_v by_o no_o mean_n a_o fair_a objection_n for_o it_o be_v sufficient_a if_o it_o be_v any_o where_o forbid_v and_o there_o be_v no_o question_n but_o the_o thirty_o six_o of_o number_n be_v a_o chapter_n of_o every_o whit_n as_o good_a authority_n as_o the_o eighteen_o and_o twenty_o of_o leviticus_n and_o unless_o it_o can_v be_v prove_v that_o they_o any_o where_n contradict_v they_o can_v possible_o derogate_v from_o one_o another_o second_o if_o we_o consider_v that_o these_o and_o suchlike_a enormity_n be_v the_o declare_v reason_n of_o the_o destruction_n of_o the_o amorites_n and_o other_o 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